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For those who have not returned their absentee (vote by mail) ballots and are undecided about who to vote for in county races you have a change to study up on the candidates in this issue of the Chiefland Citizen.

The Levy County Newspaper Group posed questions to candidates in the county commission and school superintendent races and their answers can be found on pages A8-10.

For those who want to be “in the know” the soggiest spot in Levy County may be Yankeetown where the newly installed Weather STEM at Yankeetown school measured 10.06 inches of rain from Friday through Monday.

For those who want to be “in the know” the soggiest spot in Levy County may be Yankeetown where the newly installed Weather STEM at Yankeetown school measured 10.06 inches of rain from Friday through Monday.

Of that amount, 5.47 inches of rain fell on Sunday.

Chiefland is a relatively dry spot in the week’s weather picture where the Weather STEM at Chiefland Middle High School measured 3.3 inches of rain over the weekend.

The Bronson Weather STEM at Bronson Middle High School registered 5.29 inches over the weekend.

Levy County Emergency Management
The National Weather Service is tracking a broad area of low pressure off the west coast of Florida that has the potential to bring as much as 10 inches of rain to the Levy County and surrounding areas over the next few days.

Citizens that have drainage issues and are prone to rainfall related flooding should take extra precautions to protect property from potential flooding issues.

The Community Coalition Alliance (CCA), made up of 23 county-level community coalitions with a substance use prevention focus, approached DeBerry Marketing Services back in January after having seen a video they produced for the Dixie County Anti-Drug Coalition promoting their Friday Night Done Right program.

A Bronson man is in Levy County jail under a $3.25 million accused of holding a former girlfriend against her will at his home for six days and battering her physically and sexually.

Levy County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested John Clayton Partin IV, 47, on Wednesday,July 20, and charged him with sexual battery, false imprisonment and interference with a law enforcement officer.

LIVE OAK Suwannee River Water Management District's rainfall in June averaged 5.95 inches below the long-term June average monthly rainfall of 6.39 inches a 7 percent shortfall.

The highest rainfall amounts fell in the southern portion of the district as both Alachua and Levy counties received more than 8 inches of rain. Some areas of Alachua, Dixie and Levy counties saw rainfall totals over 11 inches, generally associated with the passage of Tropical Storm Colin early in June. But mush of that was in neighboring districts.

The Levy County Schools' Foundation needs volunteer students to help with the annual Stuff The Bus Campaign.

If you have a child who is looking for community service hours and can be at the Chiefland Walmart on Saturday, Aug. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The student doesn’t need to volunteer for the entire time, but please let Matthew Dettloff at matthew.dettloff@levy.k12.fl.us or call 941-812-4661.